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August 20, 2008
A Meeting of the Board of Visitors
Minutes
A meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University was held on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. in the Richmond Salons located in the University Student Commons at 907 Floyd Avenue.
Present were Messrs. Rosenthal (Rector), Baldacci, Hurtado, Jackson, Jones, McCandlish, Robertson, Siegel and Snead; Drs. Bersoff, Broaddus, Doswell, Romano and Shapiro; and Mesdames Lambert and Rhodes. Also present were Drs. Trani, Gottfredson, Macrina, Portch and Retchin; Messrs. Bennett, Bunce, Gehring, Ross and Wyeth; and Mesdames Balmer, Lepley and Messmer.
The meeting was called order and the report of the Rector was presented. On motion made and seconded, the Board convened into closed session to discuss certain personnel matters and matters relating to the appointment, promotion, performance and salaries of identifiable employees and faculty of VCU, and to discuss the evaluation of performance of departments or schools of VCU where such evaluations necessarily involve discussion of the performance of specific individuals; and to consult with legal counsel pertaining to actual and probable litigation, and other specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice or counsel, where such consultation or briefing in open session would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of VCU, as authorized by Section 2.2-3711 A(1) and A(7) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Following closed session, on motion made and seconded, the following resolution was approved by roll call vote:
Virginia Commonwealth University hereby certifies that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed session meeting to which this certification resolution applies, and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed session meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Roll Call Vote
Ayes
Nays
Mr. Thomas G. Rosenthal, Rector
X
Mr. David G. Baldacci
Left before voting
Dr. Edward H. Bersoff
X
Dr. J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
X
Dr. John C. Doswell II
X
Mr. Arthur D. Hurtado
X
Mr. Brian K. Jackson
X
Mr. Maurice A. Jones
X
Ms. Lillian L. Lambert
X
Mr. Thomas W. McCandlish
X
Mrs. Anne J. G. “Panny” Rhodes
X
Mr. Richard T. Robertson
X
Dr. Michele A. Romano
X
Dr. Carol S. Shapiro
X
Mr. Stuart C. Siegel
X
Mr. Thomas G. Snead, Jr.
X
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August 20, 2008
A Meeting of the Board of Visitors
Minutes
A meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University was held on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. in the Richmond Salons located in the University Student Commons at 907 Floyd Avenue.
Present were Messrs. Rosenthal (Rector), Baldacci, Hurtado, Jackson, Jones, McCandlish, Robertson, Siegel and Snead; Drs. Bersoff, Broaddus, Doswell, Romano and Shapiro; and Mesdames Lambert and Rhodes. Also present were Drs. Trani, Gottfredson, Macrina, Portch and Retchin; Messrs. Bennett, Bunce, Gehring, Ross and Wyeth; and Mesdames Balmer, Lepley and Messmer.
The meeting was called order and the report of the Rector was presented. On motion made and seconded, the Board convened into closed session to discuss certain personnel matters and matters relating to the appointment, promotion, performance and salaries of identifiable employees and faculty of VCU, and to discuss the evaluation of performance of departments or schools of VCU where such evaluations necessarily involve discussion of the performance of specific individuals; and to consult with legal counsel pertaining to actual and probable litigation, and other specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice or counsel, where such consultation or briefing in open session would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of VCU, as authorized by Section 2.2-3711 A(1) and A(7) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Following closed session, on motion made and seconded, the following resolution was approved by roll call vote:
Virginia Commonwealth University hereby certifies that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed session meeting to which this certification resolution applies, and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed session meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Roll Call Vote
Ayes
Nays
Mr. Thomas G. Rosenthal, Rector
X
Mr. David G. Baldacci
Left before voting
Dr. Edward H. Bersoff
X
Dr. J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
X
Dr. John C. Doswell II
X
Mr. Arthur D. Hurtado
X
Mr. Brian K. Jackson
X
Mr. Maurice A. Jones
X
Ms. Lillian L. Lambert
X
Mr. Thomas W. McCandlish
X
Mrs. Anne J. G. “Panny” Rhodes
X
Mr. Richard T. Robertson
X
Dr. Michele A. Romano
X
Dr. Carol S. Shapiro
X
Mr. Stuart C. Siegel
X
Mr. Thomas G. Snead, Jr.
X
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